HELPING THE POSTMAN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 February 1941, Page 6

HELPING THE POSTMAN

HOUSEHOLDERS' GOOD RESPONSE. ERECTION GF LETTER-BOXES There has been a most gratifying response to the appeals made by the Post Office for 'tie erection of gate i letter-boxes. In recent months no fi ivi-r than 55 Ot’lO householders have c-rceted boxes, with the result that 2a<» EG per C-eiiti, of the 275,000 householder:. in the Dominion served \hj postmen are now directly easing tli; burden <>n individual piwtinrn and . helping the Department n. conserve its manpower at a lime when this is e-»- • i-.t.ii! m the national interest Gisin ria- alid IHglcWi.<id are IWO towns whwh ha'/<- splendid records o far as tin <-i .-i tioii ■■ ( boxes r concerned In both tl’a -a- pdace < householder -(•rvol by pi.-iintut ha- ci>iiiplii , il with tile D« ; al ‘ ti.ritl H quest. Another tuwn "■ ith a good record is Nel-on. wi-a-rc then- are g.frjO householders and only about seventy haw not provided boxes Th<- P.-t Office intend 1 ; shortly to make a further appeal to those holism holder* throughout 'dir Dominion who hav ■ no'. yet <-am plied with requests Er ’lie erection of letter-boxes at their -aOver a thou*and trained officer-: <■--( 'lie Department have airrads been o-lra-od (.a- imht.iry ■< rv.ee with the i-r/e:,. foi i-i-. -ew' .n imntlrcd more -,;e exported tn be cMlrd mi at an early date and approximately 500 «d--hrrr are |.-n-'-r-n'. tmdei'gOing ten':11.1::: .11‘ si i. den* Msth 'hi-., bi-rvy d:";:,.;!- trained -taff. thx I ■ ■'. Oftsre hns tiedi'-rtaken many tiddsr-. . r i, •' . s-. * - -..j j iV’' ’ * i ('.S' J * TV? I»f * V»*il l" : ■ >.! I :-i<|U' .’:Cr "( '.hew oxtraortiinai*. drmand*. :t r finding it lllCfea . :il‘ m..,titan: r.dly it*- s<‘r- *,.<; ■ ’lie j -,;bhf By the I-f<IVISmn ' i;.<!i tn-i i> xcs hmnrh.-iders ran : tl;< Deparmurit real assistance m i ■ ,-,i- with the prc'-cn; abnormal con-